Yeah, and because of guys like you the blizz shop exists. All these mounts could be in game for free...if there wouldn't be people that are willing to pay for it. Not sure who is the idiot here....

I'm not fond of the Blizzard Store mounts, because most of them are unique and look great. The bat was the worst offended, imo, as people had been clamoring for a bat mount for years, and now you can only get one by paying for it, while -- before that point, Blizzard always spewed some 'it's too hard' bullshit. As they always do when they just don't feel like doing it. Or it is somehow against their design standards.

However, stop trying to guilt-trip people into not buying these, just because Blizzard wants to profit off things people desperately want. All they want is a pretty mount. It's not as if they go "Ha, ha, ha! Now we are supporting Blizzard's Pet Store conduct, so that they can continue selling more and more mounts in the store. Mu-ha-ha. <Devilish horns>"

They don't. They may hate the fact that it's a bought store mount just as much as you, but they just want the pretty mount model they've loved since the moment they first saw the datamined model. They're not your enemies, they're victims of a catch-22 situation. They can buy it, and enjoy their new mount, but some idiots will /spit at them, insult them, raidkick them, guilt-trip them because they DARED use their own money to buy a store mount. If they don't, well, then they don't have the mount that they so badly want. Some people have wanted a chimaera/chimera and bat mount since forever. Don't tell them that buying those means that they're filthy capitalists that feed 'Bli$$ard's greed'.

Originally Posted by leaks

Well it's good to see the keyboard activists in full effect. Doing the laziest, most asinine thing they could think of off the top of their heads and calling it justice while making no difference.

Originally Posted by C9H20

Blizzard effectively wants to have its cake and eat it too by pretending to have this groundbreaking war in a faction capital while at the same time being completely unwilling to portray logical consequences of such an event.

I have bought most but not all the mounts they have put in the store simply because

1. I have a job and I spend my earned money on what I want
2. I like to treat myself to small things I like every now and then, these mounts come out every now and then for me

Call me an "idiot" because I don't agree with what others say, tell me the mounts/pets "should be free" or whatever you want. In the end I deem what is worthy of my money and this is one of those things. I would have much rather preferred that this mount be obtained by doing a quest or achievement but I'm not picky. If the player base had any real intention of stopping Blizzard from doing this it would have been done 7 mounts ago, moment we failed at that point there was no chance of stopping this train.

So they put rockets on a hideous zippleback.....
Why the fuck are they working on the stupid fey dragon and this pos, when they don't have new character models finished. And they tell us they don't have time to put new models for ALL races before launch. Horseshit.

I'm not fond of the Blizzard Store mounts, because most of them are unique and look great. The bat was the worst offended, imo, as people had been clamoring for a bat mount for years, and now you can only get one by paying for it, while -- before that point, Blizzard always spewed some 'it's too hard' bullshit. As they always do when they just don't feel like doing it. Or it is somehow against their design standards.

However, stop trying to guilt-trip people into not buying these, just because Blizzard wants to profit off things people desperately want. All they want is a pretty mount. It's not as if they go "Ha, ha, ha! Now we are supporting Blizzard's Pet Store conduct, so that they can continue selling more and more mounts in the store. Mu-ha-ha. <Devilish horns>"

They don't. They may hate the fact that it's a bought store mount just as much as you, but they just want the pretty mount model they've loved since the moment they first saw the datamined model. They're not your enemies, they're victims of a catch-22 situation. They can buy it, and enjoy their new mount, but some idiots will /spit at them, insult them, raidkick them, guilt-trip them because they DARED use their own money to buy a store mount. If they don't, well, then they don't have the mount that they so badly want. Some people have wanted a chimaera/chimera and bat mount since forever. Don't tell them that buying those means that they're filthy capitalists that feed 'Bli$$ard's greed'.

It seems to me you fail to understand out business works. If the store doesn't have customers, it shuts down. If people are willing to pay for items at said store, it stays open. Now granted, this is usually because the cost of overhead and whatnot causes the store to close if they can't stay in the black, but in this situation if people don't give them money for resources spent behind another pay wall then they'll stop doing it and said resources SHOULD be spent on the game content we already are paying for.

The instant and immediate hate on this forum is both hugely amusing and greatly worrying... Amusing because of how ridiculous it is, especially seeing some of the posts and worrying because some of you have no idea what you're talking about...

The best parts are the cries of "P2W".

I honestly just don't understand why some of you are still even here. Hell, most of you QQ and still hand your money over to Blizzard. Try speaking with your wallets instead of empty words on a fan forum for a change?

What a cheesy, pretentious and over the top gimmicky trailer. Who really think this is cool? 14 year old boys?

You do realize probably a good 10% of the playerbase are 14 year old boys, right?

That said, I think it's f-ing sweet looking, rockets and all. And I'm 36, so take that for what it's worth.

"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the Constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I'm the man who is gonna save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?"

I seriously love the people who love to use the if you don't like the blizzard shop just don't buy form it argument like it's the holy grail of excuses for the shop to continue to excist. Now I have an question for those people though.

What about the people who hate the ingame shop idea but love collecting unique mounts/pets? Cause they are pretty much screwed.

It seems to me you fail to understand out business works. If the store doesn't have customers, it shuts down. If people are willing to pay for items at said store, it stays open. Now granted, this is usually because the cost of overhead and whatnot causes the store to close if they can't stay in the black, but in this situation if people don't give them money for resources spent behind another pay wall then they'll stop doing it and said resources SHOULD be spent on the game content we already are paying for.

Apparently I do, because that's the catch-22 I described. Yes, they need customers, but they have customers exactly because many people want the pretty mounts more than they care to protest the Blizzard Store. But you can't blame them for it.

Originally Posted by leaks

Well it's good to see the keyboard activists in full effect. Doing the laziest, most asinine thing they could think of off the top of their heads and calling it justice while making no difference.

Originally Posted by C9H20

Blizzard effectively wants to have its cake and eat it too by pretending to have this groundbreaking war in a faction capital while at the same time being completely unwilling to portray logical consequences of such an event.

fuck yea pay4pixels !!! i want to to see BIS epic items and legendary weapons from blizzard store too ! lets make all the awesome items obtainable only via irl cash rather than in game accomplishments !

What a cheesy, pretentious and over the top gimmicky trailer. Who really think this is cool? 14 year old boys?

Considering it's a Teen-rated game, they're not far off then...I was 13 when I started playing. I'm 22 now, and I can accept the cheesy trailer knowing it's probably targeted at the younger players. Not worth getting upset over it, it is a vanity item anyhow, I think the trailer served its purpose.
Being a mount collector, I will eventually buy it, but I don't need it right away (which a lot of people are already bitching about as if you have a gun to your head to purchase it).